Again,  my own experience and of course IMHO, the third row is not a big
issue for any of the mini-van comfort-wise.  They have reloacted the
spare tire from the rear to accomdate a deeper well which the rear seats
fold into.  For the third row there are some differences in the style,
single bench, 50/50, or 60/40.  Each has pros and cons for comfort and
convenience.  I currently have a 50/50 and preferred the 60/40 for those
times when we put adults in the rear.

My opinion of the stow and go middle seats is not so high as stated.
My colleague has a 04 chrsyler with the stow and go and I feel the seats
lack substance (strength). Plus they are very short (compact) and must
be raised in what I believe to be a cumbersome way to provide head/neck
protection.

The few times I would need to fold the seats flat, I just as easily
accomadate by pulling them out, running the errand and replacing them.
An added benefit also is while "stowing" the stow and go seats you are
not losing any weight versus removing them and lightenign the weight of
the vehicle.

On a few recent long trips I removed one middle row captains seat to
give us more room and lessen ther weigth by fifty pounds or so.
Miniscule advantages in MPG, but every little bit helps in my mind.

Also the stow compartments, although highly appealing, unfortnately for
my family would soon become stuffed with junk - rendering the "stow"
feature unuseable unless we dumped out the storage compartments into the
main cabin first.

YMMV of course